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Nano, Nano: Shrinking Power Consumption Down in Analog Power Design

On September 5, 2018 in All, Automation, Automotive, Energy Harvesting, Industrial, IoT, Low Power, Medical, Power, RF, Robotics, Sensors, Wireless by Paul Golata

Using their analog expertise, ROHM Semiconductor has developed a new product line, the Nano Series, to achieve more compact parts that require less energy to operate.

Auto ADAS Power a Hot Growth Area with Benefits for All Designers

On August 27, 2018 in All, Automotive, Industrial, Power, Sensors by Bill Schweber

Advanced driver-assistance systems (ADASs) are becoming increasingly standard due to regulatory mandates, “feature creep,” and user preferences.

The Physical Web is Dead. The Beacon Legacy Lives On

On August 8, 2018 in All, Empowering Innovation, IoT, RF, Wireless by Barry Manz

The Physical Web was an interesting Bluetooth beacon-based notification concept, but it was killed last year by its creator, Google. Fortunately, its basic functionality still exists within the company’s Nearby Notifications platform.

SolePower’s Self-Charging Wearables: Hiking Boots

On August 6, 2018 in All, IoT, Power, Sensors, Summer Fun by Traci Browne

Imagine a boot that tells you where you are, measures fatigue and physio status, monitors environmental conditions, charges your smartphone, and can do all that just by walking around. Say hello to SolePower’s kinetic energy harvesting boots.

Smart Monitoring Counters VOC Concerns

On July 11, 2018 in All, Industrial, IoT, RF, Sensors by Steven Keeping

Volatile organic compound (VOC) pollution is on the rise. Certain illnesses and cognitive impairments reveal a link to these chemicals, and modern energy-efficient buildings are making the problem worse. Miniaturized sensors offer a solution by indicating when concentrations breach safety levels.

MQTT Protocol: The Solution for Machine-to-Machine Communications?

On June 8, 2018 in All, Computing, IoT by Steve Schriber

MQTT (Message Queue Telemetry Transport) is becoming a popular connectivity protocol for machine-to-machine communications in the Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT).

Why IoT Success Hangs on Interoperability

On March 29, 2018 in All, Computing, Open Source, Security by Stephen Evanczuk

The challenges of interoperability add significant costs to the development of an individual IoT application and drastically limit the ability to achieve the full value of complex multi-system applications. While standards organizations are hard at work in addressing different facets of the interoperability puzzle, a more direct approach offers hope.

Tagged With: Edge Computing, Internet of Things, IoT

A Call for More Semiconductor Companies to Participate in Start-Ups

On March 22, 2018 in All, IoT, Maker, Open Source, StartUp by Mark Patrick

Hardware Pioneers founder Fabiano Bellisario explains, “From the feedback we have had tonight it is clear that the Hardware Pioneers concept is continuing to gain ever greater momentum. There is a thriving, vibrant electronic engineering community out there and organising these events gives everyone a unique opportunity to learn about what other people are doing, discuss their own ideas and hopefully find new inspiration. The next stage for us,” he continues, “is to encourage more of the larger semiconductor companies to get involved and engage with the various starts-ups we are showcasing at these gatherings.”

Tagged With: Hardware Pioneers, Conected Hardware, Embedded, EMEA, IoT

Cellular for IoT: Industry Goals and Technology Roadmap

On February 23, 2018 in All, IoT, Low Power, RF, Wireless by Barry Manz

The cellular industry has a solid strategy for making its technologies better suited than LPWANS for IoT. The industry’s goals are many, including low-power consumption, enhanced and increased coverage, enhanced security, and scalability, among others. Three wireless technologies are slated to help meet these goals: LTE-M, EC-GSM-IoT, and NB-IoT.

Tagged With: 3GPP standards, 5G, cellular, Digi XBee, eDRX, IoT, LoRa, LPWAN, PSM

The IoT Security Gamble

On January 15, 2018 in All, IoT, Security by Stephen Evanczuk

IoT developers face tough choices in juggling functionality, performance, and cost in the design of resource-constrained devices. When security loses out in tradeoff decisions, development organizations are taking a significant gamble.

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